18 on the Latin Pop Digital Songs chart. Members of the Buena Vista Social Club have been the only other artists residing in Cuba under Castro to appear on the Billboard Latin charts, with Gente de Zona\'s participation in "Bailando" marking a first for a contemporary Cuban resident featured on a track at the top of Hot Latin Songs. Bueno, who has lived in Miami since 2000 and travels regularly to Havana, where he is a star in his own right, is in talks with with Universal Music Latin about recording a new solo album, a follow up to his 2012 EMI release "Bueno."Ī bilingual version of "Bailando," with Iglesias singing in English and featuring Sean Paul, has been released to radio stations. The Bueno/Gente de Zona version of the song reached No. The new Iglesias video, also directed by Alejandro Perez in the Dominican Republic and featuring the Cuban artists and the flamenco dancers, has over 27 million views on Youtube. The song was revised and recorded by Iglesias with Bueno and Gente de Zona, and another hit for Iglesias was born. "Suddenly I got a call from Enrique Iglesias," Otero recalls. The video quickly became popular on Youtube, where Iglesias saw it after a friend - not knowing it was the superstar\'s song - told him it was a great video that he should watch. Director Alejandro Perez filmed a video for the song, featuring a flamenco troupe dancing in the streets of Havana. "The song exploded in Cuba," Javier Otero, Gente de Zona’s manager told Billboard. Iglesias had not shown immediate interest in recording it after he and Bueno came up with the basics of "Bailando" during a writing session, according to Bueno. Collaborators Bueno and Gente de Zona did their own version of the song in 2013. 1 is the second recorded version of the song. 2 spot, selling 5,000 copies for the May 17 chart date, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 1 on Top Latin Albums on Apand is currently in its sixth week at the No. "Bailando" comes off of Iglesias’ latest album "Sex & Love", which debuted at No. Since then, he has ruled with smashes like "Enamorado Por Primera Vez" (12 weeks in 1997), "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)" (11 weeks in 2007), and "Cuando Me Enamoro" (17 weeks in 2010), among a slew of others. Iglesias has been placing hit after hit at the top of the chart for 19 years, logging his first when he was only 19 years old with "Si Tu Te Vas." The track spent eight weeks at the peak, and was only the start of his illustrious chart history. 1s on the Latin Airplay chart, also claiming the record for the most to reach the top. On Latin Airplay the track bounds 13-5, stretching to 9.5 million audience impressions (a 37 percent increase), according to Nielsen BDS. On Latin Digital Songs, the track lists its third week at the top, selling just under 13,000 digital downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. : Incognet, : Canto Bailando (Original Mix), : 04:46, : 4.37, : 128 kbit/sec, : mp3.
"Bailando" also climbs 6-1 to rule the Latin Streaming Songs chart. To date, the music video has amassed 27 million views Worldwide, in the (almost) four weeks since its release.